Jun 8, 202615 min
In this essay, Michael Grooff argues for a bipartite reading of Kropotkin’s account of sympathy, the mechanism behind the evolutionary mutual aid principle. Incorporating both simulation as well as perception in our...
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Anarchist Essays
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Brought to you by Loughborough University’s Anarchism Research Group (ARG), Anarchist Essays presents leading academics, activists, and thinkers exploring themes in anarchist theory, history, and practice.
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What is Anarchist Essays about?
Brought to you by Loughborough University’s Anarchism Research Group (ARG), Anarchist Essays presents leading academics, activists, and thinkers exploring themes in anarchist theory, history, and practice.
Who hosts Anarchist Essays?
Anarchist Essays is hosted by ARG. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
What has Anarchist Essays covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Essay #123: Michael Grooff, ‘Sympathy as the Engine of Mutual Aid’" (8 June 2026, 15 minutes), "Essay #122: Alejandro Forero Cuéllar, ‘Anarchism and the Abolition of the Criminal Justice System’" (25 May 2026, 16 minutes), and "Essay #121: Ruby Tuke, ‘The Embryonic Abolitionist Ideas of William Godwin’" (11 May 2026, 19 minutes).
How often does Anarchist Essays publish?
Anarchist Essays publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 20 minutes across 100 episodes.
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Booking probability for Anarchist Essays is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Anarchist Essays requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Anarchist Essays's contact route on record: public web form.
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Episode #125
Essay #122: Alejandro Forero Cuéllar, ‘Anarchism and the Abolition of the Criminal Justice System’
May 25, 202616 minIn this essay, Alejandro Forero examines how bourgeois criminology weaponized positivist science to pathologize dissent, pseudoscientifically labeling anarchists as "born criminals" to justify state repression and legal...
- May 11, 202619 min
In this essay, Ruby Tuke argues that the political philosopher, author and proto-anarchist William Godwin’s critique of punishment, alongside his commitment to a form of community-rooted justice guided by rational moral...
- Apr 27, 202621 min
This essay introduces Envisioning Abolition, arguing that modern penal abolitionism has deep roots in nineteenth and early twentieth-century anarchist and libertarian socialist thought that challenged prisons...
- Apr 13, 202615 min
In this essay, Roberta Cesana examines the relationship between anarchism and print culture through the figure of Leda Rafanelli (1880–1971). It shows how writing, printing, and publishing functioned as forms of...
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- Mar 30, 202619 min
In this essay, Vincent Bouchard and Asia Matthews discuss how contemporary anarchism can be used as a framework to rethink how we teach mathematics at the university level. At its core, anarchism aims at aligning...
- Mar 16, 202619 min
In this essay, Eleanor Strangways explores the collaborations between anarchists and anti-imperialists in Britain during the Second World War. The essay begins by examining publications on imperialism within War...
- Mar 2, 202626 min
In this essay, Sean Ketteringham examines the anarchist and anti-imperial politics which informed the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915), the French modernist sculptor who was based in London for the final and...
- Feb 16, 202614 min
In this essay, Maria Chomard examines the transatlantic anarchist mutual aid initiative after World War II, focusing on its attempted reunification and the tensions between universalist politics and Jewish postwar...
- Feb 2, 202625 min
In this essay, Ruth Kinna and Simon Stevens discuss their article Anarchism: war, violence and scapegoating - an analysis of power, violence and government irresponsibility. They talk about issues that inspired the...
Episode #116
Essay #113: Kirwin Shaffer, ‘Hispanic Anarchism: The Forging of a Transnational Anarchist Latinidad’
Jan 19, 202616 minIn this essay, Kirwin Shaffer explores the creation of an anarchist ethnic identity (an anarchist Latinidad) among Spanish-speaking anarchists in the United States in the 1880s and 1890s. This identity united anarchists...
- Jan 5, 202621 min
In this essay, Robert T.F. Downes examines how the eco-anarchist philosophy of social ecology and the pluriverse of Indigenous political thought come together in anarcho-Indigenous solidarities, from Standing Rock to...
- Dec 22, 202521 min
In this essay, Livia K. Stone discusses the origins of the concept of autogestion/self-management, generally associated with anarcho-syndicalism. Often described as emerging from Yugoslavia in the 1950s, Stone argues...
- Dec 8, 202533 min
In this essay, Juan Carlos Mijangos Noh reflects on an experience of creating a microcosm of an anarchist community in a Yucatecan Maya Village in Mexico. The experience involved women students trained in a neoliberal...
Episode #112
Essay #109: Jason Garner, ‘Updating Anarchism’
Nov 24, 202519 minIn this essay, Jason Garner, looks at the debate between anarchists in countries on both side of the Atlantic about the need, or not, to revise anarchist tactics in the light of the end of the postwar revolutionary wave...
- Nov 10, 202517 min
In this essay, Steve Emery and Dai O'Brien discuss the life and politics of a deaf anarchist communist, Leonard A. Motler. Steve and Dai explain his significance to both the anarchist movement in the UK as a visibly...
- Oct 27, 202526 min
In this essay, Alexandria H., Juan Verala Luz, and Charles W. draw distinctions and connections between two important aspects of social movements: organizing and mutual aid. They argue that practicing mutual aid inside...
- Oct 13, 202517 min
In this essay, Josie Holland breaks down key characteristics of queer anarchism and its connection to anarchist principles of prefiguration and revolutionary desire. They conclude with an invitation to develop a...
- Sep 29, 202515 min
In this reading from Tolstoy’s Search for the Kingdom of God: Gender and Queer Anarchism (2025), Javier Sethness Castro reflects on Leo Tolstoy and the Russo-Ukrainian War. While praising the relevance of Tolstoy’s...
- Sep 15, 202520 min
In this essay, Theresa Warburton talks about the power of story for building a place-based method in anarchist organizing. Building on their own experiences and the works of Indigenous scholars, Warburton asks how...
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Chris Jones
Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the CDC, Woodland Valley Farm and the Cornwall Beaver Project
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Ruth Kinna
Professor of Political Theory, Loughborough University
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David Christopher
Lecturer in Popular Screen Cultures, New York Association for...
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Andrew Whitehead
historian, lecturer and journalist, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
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